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Women's crew wins Gilman Plate for fifth straight year

Hamilton College won the Gilman Plate for the fifth straight year and swept the trophy races in a regatta against Union College on the Erie Canal in Rome, N.Y., on April 3.

Hamilton won all the trophy races for the third time in four years. Skies were sunny, temperatures ranged from 70 to 80 degrees, and there was a 10 to 15 mile-per-hour head wind down the 2,000-meter course that decreased over the course of the afternoon.

Hamilton won the Gilman Plate with a first place finish in the varsity eight race. Hamilton completed the course in 8 minutes, 13.24 seconds. Union's entry finished in 8:25.31.

Hamilton earned a win in the second varsity eights race for the Gilman Goblet with a time of 8:26.98. Union followed with a time of 8:43.69. Hamilton took second in the third varsity/novice eights race with a time of 8:14.24, and was just 3.19 seconds behind Union’s boat.

In the novice fours, Hamilton finished first in 8:50.75. Schenectady Community College took second with a time of 9:28.94.